As regular readers of this site know, the Glutton household is very serious about selecting the right turkey for our Thanksgiving celebration.  It has to be a bird that’s not only sophisticated but believes in self-brining and has a high alcohol tolerance.  Unbeknownst to me last year’s turkey was a borderline alcoholic who drank up [...]

Our 2012 wine recommendations for Thanksgiving Day continues with the reds (if you missed the whites click here).  As we discussed last year, some of most compatible red wines for the holiday are Pinot Noirs and wines from the Southern Rhone region in France such as Cotes du Rhone or Chateauneuf du Pape (blends primarily composed of the varietals Syrah and Grenache).  [...]

In sports-glutton.com’s tradition of getting you ready for Thanksgiving, once again we’re offering up our white wine recommendations to enjoy with your holiday feast this year. As you might recall, there are about 6 different white wine varietals that generally pair best with your typical Turkey Day foods: Albarino, Chardonnay, Gruener Veltliner, Gewurtztraminer, Pinot Gris, [...]

Refreshing as it has been to spend the past few weeks sampling the many new beers available to me, my liver demands a balance of libations…meaning I haven’t neglected in consuming a fair amount of wines and spirits that weren’t available to us in Wyoming. While reacquainting my palate with many of the great wine regions around [...]

After temporarily setting up shop in NYC, the Glutton World Tour has returned to where our crazy lives started…Northern Virginia and the DC Metroplex. But before leaving the friendly confines of Queens I imbibed in as much of the libations available in the Empire State that were sadly missing from my gluttonous diet during our residencies in the [...]

Unlike any other adult libation wines are defined by the region the grapes are cultivated; in absorbing an area’s climate and soil, then being crafted into a final product by the people living there.  Because of this wine literally can take on the essence or identity of an area expressing in a sense what life [...]

Apparently fall starts early here in the Cowboy State as the temperatures are already dropping and the chill in the air has me thinking of the fall. However, I fully recognize that many of our friends in the Northern Hemisphere are still dealing with the heat and require a more “refreshing” then heavily complicated libation [...]